Re:Covid-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome
by brink on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:42PM
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Eugenics has always been a 'choice'. The only difference is who is making the choice. As long as it's not the choice of the individual being euthanized; it's still a rebranded form of eugenics.
Re:Covid-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome
by trhway on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:54PM
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>choice of the individual
during the first trimester there is no individual - the fetus brain isn't even at the fish level. There is no electrical activity in the fetus brain at all until the week 6.
In response to the comment below - genetically an egg and sperm combined in the lab is different from either donor, yet it doesn't make it into individual. Or if you just take 2 (or 3, ...) DNA and recombine on computer, and actually synthesize that DNA - genetically distinct, yet definitely not an individual.
Re:Covid-19 is 10 times deadlier for people with Down syndrome
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @05:58PM
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Genetically there is. There is something that is genetically human, and is a different individual from either parent.
No it's called 'choice'. Women pregnant with babies potentially affected by that malformation are not forced by doctors or the government to abort. Big difference.